Fairhaven, MN
October 4, 2022 Friends, What are you up against? What is wearing on you? What weights and sins cling to you? Do not think that your trouble is just the stuff of life. Don’t let the devil tell you that it’s all just so many unsolvable problems, that this world
September 12, 2022 Friends, Here’s a list of what’s coming up! Family Night is Back! Let’s kick things back into gear! As you work on reading the Bible and learning the Catechism with your kids at home, Family Night is a great opportunity to grow together in the faith! Come
August 30, 2022 Friends, Mark your calendars for our annual Pork Chop Supper, this year including pulled pork as well! Saturday, September 24, starting at 4:30pm. There are lots of opportunities to help, so if you’re willing to lend a hand for some or all of the afternoon, talk to
August 23, 2022 Friends, We talk a lot in church about how God disciplines us. It comes up often, not in the sense of time-outs and groundings and taking away privileges, but more generally in the sense of training and formation. Like pruning the dead stems from a vine and
August 16, 2022 Friends, Our world appears to be beset by scarcity. There’s not enough to go around, or there’s always the sense that someday we’ll run out. Food, energy, land, water – take your pick. The story of our world is the story of things getting used up. That’s
August 9, 2022 Friends, In Proverbs, Wisdom is always calling, always inviting, always hoping that the simple will listen and grow wise. “If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you” (Prov. 2:23). “Come, eat of
August 1, 2022 Friends, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7). The starting place of Proverbs is humility. It is the idea that I don’t know everything. Moreover, I don’t know everything that I should or that I must. And even
July 19, 2022 Friends, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the Proverbs lately, and you may have noticed this in Bible Study. It’s a very worthy book! Unlike the Biblical books that have historical accounts (like Genesis or Exodus or the Gospels) or the books that record
July 12, 2022 Friends, If you were going to invite a friend to church, what would you say? If he asked you, “Why should I go?”, how would you answer? Why do you go to church? There’s a wide range of reasons that people go to church, just as there
July 4, 2022 Friends, Prayer is underrated. And the historical prayers of the church are even more so. Let’s appreciate the great treasures of our heritage! Here’s your annual refresher on the beautiful prayer for our nation that we have in our hymnal: Almighty God, You have given us this